Week1 Response to Natalie Hill

Thinking outside of the box is not an easy thing to do, because we are all conditioned into how we perceive the world, from our parents, friends, even where we work has an influence on how we view a new situation and how we go about solving a problem. However view few people discuss another aspect of out of the box thinking, the feeling of being separate and apart, alienation that you touched on in your blog. Edwin Howard Armstrong inventor FM radio, faced years of litigation with RCA over patent disputes and was alienated from the scientific society. As a result he was depressed and committed suicide.  Other radical thinkers face varying degrees of alienation it is not an easy life and consequently it is easier to remain part of the herd. I am not suggesting that people not try to push their thinking to higher levels but I do think that one should be aware of the other side


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As I was reading through the chapters they all were very powerful topics, I was in awe about things that were being said. One particular chapter that really stuck with me was the one about “Possibilities.” The words that had been written really hit home for me. I am from Mississippi where people have been closed- minded for a long time and really don’t think outside the box. Well, I have not directly been that way in life but indirectly. The reason I say it in that way is because right now in life I would like to move from Mississippi but as I think about it each day I have a fear of being rejected toward goals that I would like to accomplish in life.

I am one that has been judged all my life by people wanting me to be like this person or that person. I have always wanted to just be me. A lot of family members were not pleased with various choices that I have made in life but now they have realized that I am going to do what I want to and they have accepted the fact. You have to go through many obstacles in life being an only child and the youngest in the family because the focus is all on you. I have gone against my family expectations for a while. First starting off with the University I attended, my family mainly went to Historical Black Colleges but I chose to go in a different direction. They weren’t pleased at first but as I have said I am one to think outside the box. If I had only inherited the traits and thoughts that were around me I would not be at the point of my life that I am in now. I truly understand the world of measurement. I believe that everyone is someone and you don’t have to be what everyone wants you to be but be true to yourself.